The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-20
Se1cnt.lt II s.eIlany ..


 F-eder.ck Abel, the Loss oi petroleum spirit from leakage and evaporation Was as much ;Is eighteen per cent, but il las now been redured to ei 1t per cent in many sturehnuses, and in Germany the leakage Is said to be less than one per cent.
 In the last vo.ume issued by the Geological survey oi India iS an ac- count uf q fiery eruption from one oi the mud volcanoes on Cheduha Island. Il bOiy Ot flame 6JJ feet in circumference is sad To have at one time reached an elevation of 2.i00 feet, petroleum being the cause.
 Dr. Ihipson advocates, in a German scientific journal, the general use ot sngar aS a regular artlcle of diet. For forty Years he iI;Is eaten at least quarter ol mound daily. not cnunt- ing suIar-fo. ming substances tISen ut the same time, and has found 1t very heal;hiul Mems condition would be greatly improved il tle use of sugar should substitute that of alcohol.
 Experiments reported to the Paris Academy oi Sciences prove that the pressure necessl V 10 cause the rupt- UIe of hlood-vesSels Is very mach greater than that 10 which they are normally subjected. The carotid artery of dog reqaiied from thirty five to fiity-iive times the nor Ihai pressnre of the blood, and the jusuiar vein from thirty two to thirty five times the usual force.
 The forecasts oi the weather bureau of France were ve.itiel last year in ninety cases Ou; of every hundred, the percentage having steadily risen from Sl in lSSl to S;i in iSS2 and to s7 m lSS3. OGt of lS9 alarm signals sent to the ports, l2S were fully veri- fled, 24 were laiIly correct, B were incorrect, and only two gales were not toreseen.
 4 LIVELY APPETITE.-A reputable scientific authority quotes the state Incnt that, by care al estimate, a spider ate four times it's we;.ht for breakfast, nearly nine times its weight for dinner, thirteen times its weight for supper, finishing up an ounce, and at S r. NJ, when he was released. ran of in search of food At this rate man oi l60 pounds would require the whole oi a fat steer for b:e.,iIast, another with iiaii dozen good sheep for dinner, and two buiiucks, eight sheep ana four hogs for supper, with about four bay res Of fresh fish as lunch before gong to his club banquet.
 Tu.RE'S NOTHING NEw.-The dental f:oycssas familiar io Us age not so new as may be supposed. In the museum oi Co.nctu, on the coast o, Italy, two curious specimens oi artificial teeth found in Eiruscan tombs probably dating 4CO O. aC0 years bciure our erJ. The teeth Were evidently taken from tine mouth O; some animal, and had been cd cfIiiy cut Iud ias;cHeJ 10 ncig;iburin- nat UrIl teeth of two young cirs hy means ui small gold rings. The den i.s;'S ar' wds also applied to treat ng natural teeth in yar.Ous ways, but the fact has hitherto cscapei not c,. on account oi the rarity ol Etruscan skeletons.
 \ FIND AT PONPEu.-One house re- ce!.tlv uncovered Ii iOmpeii appeared 10 .,ave been un.ter-oiHg repair at the time Il Was Overydgen by the ter r.ble volcano storm Oi November 23, A. D. 79. Pante:s' ro,s and brushCs and wOrkmcn's too.s were scattered around. ani spots oi whitewash star. e,l wali and finor. Pots and kct- ties had been bundled up in a corner l., T .t- been forgotten. \ solitary pot stood on the stove. The oven was flied with loaves oi bread, and q suckiin- pig was waiting on I brown dish its turn % bc baked. But the pig nevtI entered the oven, and the bread TO- maincd iE 1t eighteen centuries. Monsieur Flo.cili's museum at Tom p,ii contains the lodves-twcnjy- one in namber-ritier hard and back, l-f perfectly preserved
 ANEiAL EXTINCTION. The lisar pearance of animal life from cath must always he regarded with inter est and cunrcrn. Apprehension is now beginning to be felt that we are now looking upon the final struggle for existence 0. all the larger nam mI,la-;he elephant, the giraffe, the bison, inc whale. the seal. and many Others-which must soon be cN;ir- latcd unless protected from being hunted io death. An interesting ease oi animal extinction is found in "Stei!er's Sea-cow" tRhytina Ste!- leril, lately rcie.rei to ny Mr. Henry Woodward b,ore the London Gei- io-ival Society. This treat animal, which has been variously classe,' with the whales, with wJlruscs and seals, and vi;h elephants, was a tooliiess ve-ctIhlc-ireHer. liviny a oa- the slnse in shallow wa e., aul o.tca wei-h'n- three or four tons. IL was seen aivr and described in I'll, but in l7'i i' appeared to have bccome entirely extinct This creat ulc belonged to ;'e O der "'s'ircnia, 9 and Mr. Woodward looks upon i. a- last survivin" species of ;he .rea Groap oi Siren aU> which lived ln ,l.e tertiary age oi geology.